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Leadership for the Common Good : Tackling Public Problems in a Shared-Power World

When it was first published in 1992, the first edition of Leadership for the Common Good presented a revolutionary approach to community and organizational leadership in a shared-power world. Now, in this completely revised and updated edition, Barbara Crosby and John Bryson expand on their proven leadership model and offer new insights and guidance to leaders. This second edition is a practical resource for a new generation of leaders and aspiring leaders and includes success stories, challenges, and real-world experience
eBook, English, 2005
John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, Hoboken, 2005
1 online resource (494 pages)
9780787978402, 078797840X
1048423820
Leadership for the Common Good
Contents
List of Exhibits
List of Exercises
Preface
Acknowledgments
The Authors
Part One: Understanding Leadership in Shared-Power Settings
1 When No One Is in Charge: The Meaning of Shared Power
2 Leadership Tasks in a Shared-Power World: Leadership in Context, and Personal Leadership
3 Leadership Tasks in a Shared-Power World: Team and Organizational Leadership
4 Leadership Tasks in a Shared-Power World: Visionary, Political, and Ethical Leadership
5 Policy Entrepreneurship and the Common Good
Part Two: The Process of Policy Entrepreneurship
6 Forging an Initial Agreement to Act
7 Developing an Effective Problem Definition to Guide Action
8 Searching for Solutions in Forums
9 Developing a Proposal That Can Win in Arenas
10 Adopting Policy Proposals
11 Implementing and Evaluating New Policies, Programs, and Plans
12 Reassessing Policies and Programs
Summary and Conclusion
References
Resource A: Conflict Management
Resource B: A Guide to Oval Mapping
Resource C: Seven Zones
Resource D: Forums, Arenas, and Courts
Resource E: Future Search
Resource F: Initial Policy Retreats
Name Index
Subject Index